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AccessAtECS

  1. @NLarie Hi Larie, the code for the different plugins of #ATBar can be found here - github.com/AccessAtECS/At…
  2. #ATBar has just hit 6,000,000 uses! Hooray! atbar.org/stats img.ly/hENt
  3. Google issues new Android Accessibility Guidelines Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments bit.ly/HB92fV
  4. ATbar WordPress Plugin now available in Arabic and English bit.ly/Hi7kkx
  5. eAccess project launches survey for "anyone involved in the creation or promotion of Accessible ICT" uses Google docs goo.gl/hHKUv
  6. Announcing the AtKit Marketplace: Build your own custom version of ATBar from plugins! marketplace.atbar.org/en/
  7. ATBar2 is now live! A complete rewrite, new functionality, plugins, faster & smaller. Find out more atbar.org
  8. 10 New Open Source Projects You May Not Know About bit.ly/Ald8Pq But I am still looking for Arabic ones!
  9. WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria and Applicable Techniques for PDF launched - Adobe Blog on the subject adobe.ly/xxjAM8
  10. The Times today -Opinion T. Berners-Lee & N. Shadbolt, WAIS "There's gold to be mined from all our data" Hope it will be readable by all
  11. REALISE site in the news - New online marketplace to create Assistive Technologies bit.ly/tC5lll
  12. Introducing ATBar2, currently in Beta. atbar.org/beta/. Feedback welcome.
  13. RT @hkramer99: Resource recs from Ange Hooker at #ahg11 - uiaccess.com/accessucd/ (online book on accessibility design) #a11y
  14. A brief survey aims to understand the captioning and transcription needs of post secondary institutions. bit.ly/sH8ZKQ
  15. Thanks to Accessibleweb“Accessibility in a Digital Age,” links concerned with how to create & use digital resources bit.ly/tbumXv
  16. Looking for Assistive Apps? Almost 50% of UK are smart phone users. iPhone 18.5%, BlackBerrys 22.5% & Android 50% bit.ly/uepkRj
  17. RT @sloandr: RNIB drops WCAG 2 testing in favour of task based user evaluations bit.ly/p8QG94 - maybe similar to Web2Access!
  18. Launching a new website - Jonathan Hassell works through BS8878 and shows how it may help alongside other guidelines bit.ly/rjNSz8
  19. Got Win 8 on Tosh Tablet interesting! Compare Win 8 - iOS5 youtu.be/ntSdfGzF60M & for developing accessibility bit.ly/qzttM5